Has anybody raced the course before (pre Ironman branding)? How flat is the bike? Run? If you raced Silverman or St George-I gather much much flatter, right? Need an easy one for my first full
Hey- the bike & swim courses are posted on the ironman website. If you are on Strava, you can also do a search for Vineman, last year's course is in there. Also, assume it's gonna be hot. There is a course recon ride on 6/11 with LBS if you are interested. Should be a fun test!
by the way, when I go on Strava, it only shows individual efforts... do you all have a link for this? they seem to not match the course as it is not he website... I assume you all are doing the full course on July 30?
I forgot that I mapped the 2016 Run and Bike courses on Map My Ride. If you can find me, Josiah Garrison on MMR website, you should be able to view the full courses.
For me a relatively flat run is important-I have had to give up running this year and race walk instead. Hard to race walk steep terrain. So, the running profile is pretty good news-a few places where I'll break form. Biking wise, I am okay either way but like to put in some training on an equivalent route. Most of the routes in my area have steep climbs. My flattest available appears to be approximately equivalent. This is my first full and all-in-all, I feel I have a decent chance of finishing with those profiles. Now, I hope the swim is all downhill!
I raced the full in '14. Was hot.....>100deg on run and it worked to my advantage as I iced and paced smart. The hills arnt too bad on bike, but slowed me more than I planned....but I raced onHR& power not speed..... chalk hill is the worst and it was never a clip out threat.
The run has several short steep hills with serious downhill-rubber leg fall/ cramp trigger risk. I did some hill work 100-200yrd hills prior and had no issues
who all is doing this race? can we do a get together? and maybe a dinner or photo? we can set up a group me if you like...and I can put together a spread sheet of who is racing and how to contact ... etc... let me know
Jonathan, I put together a spread sheet but I need emails to share it to permit editing. not much on there yet. dinner? I don't know area at all....let me know. I can set up group me but if it is just two or three of us we can just do group text
Hey Patricia, I'll be there with my wife and 2 kids but we won't be arriving until Thursday night. My email is withrow79@yahoo.com and my cell is 646-831-6791 if you happen to set up a GroupMe. See you all soon!
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Vineman has about 4,000 feet of climbing, mostly rollers but one steeper climb as well.
this is info on the half:
http://www.mapmyride.com/us/windsor-ca/vineman-half-ironman-route-306189657
I forgot that I mapped the 2016 Run and Bike courses on Map My Ride. If you can find me, Josiah Garrison on MMR website, you should be able to view the full courses.
question, what is LBS? I can find the course on MMR but not by searching your name... I'm new to both of these so excuse my ignorance!
Here is the 2016 IM Vineman Bike Route (I lost .5 m somewhere but you'll get the idea):
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1002585285
And the run:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1002612179
See you in Napa!
I guess I need to make an account for the map my run... as I could not access.
Is this course exactly two times vineman?
Work works!
The hills arnt too bad on bike, but slowed me more than I planned....but I raced onHR& power not speed..... chalk hill is the worst and it was never a clip out threat.
The run has several short steep hills with serious downhill-rubber leg fall/ cramp trigger risk. I did some hill work 100-200yrd hills prior and had no issues
Dolphin dive the shallows!
Thanks for all the info, David! so I will assume wetsuit and not speed suit. If I wear my kit for wine tasting, do I get a discount
Discount no.
But the looks you get can be priceless
Good luck!
Looking forward to your race report.
(I'm looking at 2017 to go again)
who all is doing this race? can we do a get together? and maybe a dinner or photo? we can set up a group me if you like...and I can put together a spread sheet of who is racing and how to contact ... etc... let me know
I'd be game for a group EN dinner; we are staying near T1/Swim area. My cell; 916.850.9933 - you can put me on any EN Vinman group list.
Thanks!
if you now of others can you "poke" them? thanks! details to be sent
Thanks for doing this! Be sure to throw up a link on the community dashboard too.
ok
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZJ7ct_PUxBTV0nG72Xj86TlyKx0NgNW2rnPomz8ksIE/edit?usp=sharing
josiah, fill us in on dinner...etc... and I don't have your email either